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Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-11-12
A Little Chaps Advice.

A little friend of mine, while visiting
out of town for few days, enjoyed
immensely the strangeness OF his
rural surroundings. He had not been
out of the city since he was old enough
to take cognizance OF country ways
and characteristics. and his comments
on what he saw occasioned much
amusement to his parents and family
where he was visiting. The other
day, as he sat enjoying piece OF cake
under the shade of the trees, the hens
gathered about him to catch the
crumbs that fell from his chubby
hands, and among them was a Bra
NAH chicken sparsely provided, as
these chickens frequently are, with
feathers. The little fellow gazed
down with reproachful eye at the
chicken SO lily provided with feathery
garb, and his protest finally came ::
& Go N tell your ma to dress you, and
don't be goin' wound wifout no clothes
on. Boston Budget Saunterer.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-11-12
Ahe Grabbed a Burglar.

First Omaha Burglar-"1 tell you
it's awful the way things are in New
England, twenty Or thirty women to
every man."
Second Omaha Burglar-"I sup
pose so. All the men have come
West"
eyes, that's how it is.' -,
Did you get much Doodle there =
yes, but had narrow escape
once. / noticed lot Of the finest dia-
monds YOU ever saw on a Boston girl
Just going out OF the house to a lee
ture or something, and l watched my
chance and got in and hid under her
bed. You see, I was thinkin' she
would be so interested in the lecture
she went to that she wouldn't think to
look around for burglars, you know"
eyes"
"But when she came in the first
thing she did was to look under thu
bed and there she saw me-"
"Did she scream or faint?"
"She just grabbed me with bot
hands and held ON like grim death"
"Eh! How did you get away?"
| "I explained to her that Twas a
ready married and she let me co.
Omaha World.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-11-12
MUST FILE CERTIFICATE AND
PUBLISH.
IApproved February Q. 1881

SECTION 1. Every partnership transact
ing business in this State under flcticlous
name. or a designation not showing the
names of the persons interested as partners
in such business, must file with the Clerk
of the county in which the said partner
ship is carrying on business, a certlhcate
stating the names in full OF all the mem
bers Of such partnership and their places
of residence, and publish the same once
week for four consecutive weeks in news
paper published in the county, if there be
one. and if there be none in such county,
then in newspaper published in an adJoin-
SEo. Q. The certificate filed with the
Clerk. as provided in Section one of this
Act, must be signed by the partners ana
acknowledged before some officer anthor-
lied to take the Acknowledgements of con-
veyances of real property. Where the
nartnership is hereafter formed, the certifi-
cate must be filed, and the publication
designated in that Section must be made
within one month after the formation of
the partnership, or within one month from
the time designated in the agreement OF its
members for the commencement OF the
partnership; where the partnership has
been heretofore formed, the certificate
must be filed and the publication made
within two months after the passage OF
this AcC. EcFSOHS uohiS puohio'"
to the provisions of this Act, shall not
maintain any action upon, or on account OF
any contracts made or transactions had irl
their partnership name, in any court OF
this State, until they had first filed the
certificate and made the publication herein
required.
SEQ. 8. On every change in the mem
bers of a partnership transacting basiness
in this State under fcticious name, or
designation which does not show the names
of the persons interested as partne in Its
| business, a new certificate must be filed
with the County Clerk and new publica-
ton made, as required in this Act, on the
| formation of such partnership.
SEC. 4. Every County Clerk must keep
| register of the name of every such part.
| nership, and of each partner therein, and
| he shall charge for each name so entered
the sum of twenty. FIVE cents, to be col;
lected as other fees, which shall be full
compensation for filing and registration.
SEC. 5. Copies of the entries of County
Clerk. as herein directed, when certified
by him, and afidavits of publication as
| herein directed, made by the printer, pub
Usher or chief clerk of a newspaper, are
prima facie evidence of the facts therein
stated; provided, that this Act shall not
apply to any incorporation duly created
and existing under and by virtue of the
laws governing and providing. for the crea,
ton of interpretations in this State, and
now engaged or hereafter to be engaged in
| doing business in this State.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-11-12
AThreat that Had Effect.

Wife" You are later and later in
getting home every night, John. Here
it is II o'clock"
Husband" Yes, dear, but we are
very busy just now. Taking stock,
fixing up accounts, balancing books
ETC."
W." What, at this season OF the
year?"
H." Yes, dear, got to make up
the half yearly y dividend for the stock
holders, you know. It's an awful bore
/ assure you."
W. (resignedly)-" Well, ! suppose
I'll have to put up with it; but l am
so lonely evenings l think I'll send fol
mother to come and stay with us a
little while, say month or two.' =.
II. (hurriedly)-" Oh! there Wont
be any necessity for that; we shall ge,
through with our rush to-morro"
noon. I will be home early to-mor
row night"
w. (after husband goes down stairs
to lock up the house)-"l thought
would put an end to that nightly pokel
racket" New York World.
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s.Pnt'' Donan and His Bible.

Colonel Pat Donan, the Western
orator, who says he is going to be the
priest to unite the North and South
by means OF marrying off a lot OF
pretty girls from Dixie to young men
in the North, has had many narrow
escapes. He saved his life once by
abstaining from game of poker and
reading the Bible. A few years after
the war he was passenger on big
Mississippi steamboat bound to st.
Louis from New Orleans. The
Colonel was asked to take hand in a
game of draw-poker that was going on
in the forward part of the cabin. 1t
was Sunday morning, and sudden
impulse seized him to read something
instead of playing poker. He had
nothing to read until he thought of a
lite Bible that a pretty young girl
cousin gave him in New Orleans,
exacting promise from him that he
would sooner or later look between its
leaves. In order to keep the poker
PLAYERS and the men who watched the
game from laughing at him if they saw
him reading a Bible, he went to his
stateroom, situated about the middle ol
the cabin. He had been readingfrom
the Psalms OF David about ten minutes
when terrific explosion took place
killing outright all the poker-players
and the men in the front part q
the cabin. The Colonel was badly
shaken up, but he managed to save
half-dozen ladies by fighting a lot o
deckhands and capturing a small
boat. He took to the water aftel
pushing off the little boat filled
with women, and was picked up thre'
miles below, nearly frozen to DEATH
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-11-12
AN ACT

TO REGULATE HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION. DANCE
HOUSES AND HOUSES WHERE BEER, WINE OR
sPIRrTUoUs LIQUORS ARE SOLD.
The People Of the State, represented in
Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol-
lows:
SECTION /. 1t shall be unlawful for any
owner, or agent of any owner, or any
other person to keep any house OF ill-fame,
or to let or rent fer any length OF lime
whatever to any woman of ill-fame any
house, room or structure situated within
four hundred yards of any schoolhouse or
schoolroom used by any of the public
schools in the State of Nevada.
Sec. Q. It shall be unlawful for any
owner, or agent of any owner, or any
other person to keep, let or rent for any
length OF time, or ct all, any house 'front.'
ing on the principal business street or thor
oughfare Of any Of the towns Of this State
for the purposes Of prostitution, or for the
purpose of keeping any dance-house. or
house commonly called "hurdy house,"
or house where wine, beer or spirituous
liquors are sold or served by females or
fem ale walters or attendants or when fe-
males are used or employed to attract or
solicit custom, nor shall any entrance or
exit way to any house referred to in this
section be made or used from the principal
business street or thoroughfare Of any Of
the towns of this State.
SEC. 8. Any persons violating the pro.
visions of Sections one or two of this Act
shall be deemed guilty of misdemesnor,
and on conviction, shall be fined not less
than twenty-five dollars, nor moro than
three hundred dollars, or be imprisoned
in the County Jail not less than five nor
more than sixty days, or by both suoh
fine and imprisonment, in the discretion
of the Court.
SEQ. 4. The provisions of this ACT
shall not apply to towns and cities now
incorporated.
Sec. 5. In the trial of all cases arising
un der the provisions of this Act, evidence
OF general reputation shall be deemed
competent evidence as to the question Of
the ill-fame of any house alleged to be
so kept, and to the question Of the i'll fame
OF such woman.
SEC. 6. 1t shall be the duty of the Dis
| trict Attorney and Sheriff of each county
in this State to see that the provisions of
this Aot are strictly enforced and carried
into effect, and upon neglecting 80 to do,
they or either of them shall be deemed
guilty of misdemesnor in Office, and may
| be proceeded against as provided in SEQ.
| tions 63 and 70 inclusive of an Act en-
| titled "An Act relating to elections" ap-
| proved March 12. 1878.
SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect and
be in force from and after the first day Of
May, 1887.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-11-12
An EDicene Kentuck Ian.

Among the many moonshine wit
nesses who stepped off the train at
the Short Line depot was one who at
tracted general attention by the
peculiar garb which she, or he wore,
for the object was a hermaphrodite,
and wore the garb of both man and
woman. Around the body was worn
a dark Jean coat and vest, and on the
lower extremities u woman's dress,
red stockings and brogan shoes. He
put up with SO men who were also
moonshine witnesses, at F1sback's g
restaurant, and registered as Alaman-
der Bays, of Rousseau, Breathitt
county, Kentucky.
Bays is a person OF some lntelngence'
He has a changeable voice-at times
speaking like man and again like a
woman. He says he has lived all his
life in Breathitt county, and wears the
same garb there that he is now at
tired in. BAYS says he is perfectly
developed both as a man and woman.
He has never married nor has he ever
been away from home before, and yes
terday for the first time rode on rail-
road train. He thinks the city is the
most wonderful place on earth, and
would remain here if he could. He
expressed no delicacy in admitting
what he was to the many morbidly
curious people who called to see him
Being good subject, for the many
medical societies in Louisville, he vii
probably be brought before one of the
classes before his departure, a
such cases are very rare and in th'
medical profession are considere'
good subjects for discussion. A ply
sician who examined Bays says it j
the most wonderful case he ever wit
messed. Courier-Journal,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-11-12
A HOciabIe Spirit.

Sylvanus Wynant and his wife were
young married couple and lived
about five miles southwest OF Ander-
son, Ind. Near by lived a farmer by
the name of Graney. A young lady,
Miss Julia Graney, and Mrs. .Wynant
were particular friends. Recently
Mrs. Wynant took suddenly ill and
died. The grief of the young friend
was unconsolable. The houses of the
neighbors, Graney and Wynant, were
quite near each other On the morn
ing after the funeral of Mrs. Wynant,
as Julia Graney was at her household
duties in the kitchen, she saw her
dead friend going about the dooryard.
The spirit beckoned to the young lady,
who went to where it was and con-
versed with it. Upon her return to
the kitchen she told her sister Ella
what she had seen, and repeated the
conversation. On the next morning
julie again met the spirit, this time at
the pump, and her sister Ella saw her
conversing with it. The family be-
came alarmed, but were quieted by
Julia telling them that she had an ap-
pointment with the "ghost" at the
cow pasture gate next morning, and
that Ella had permission to accom-
pany her. The ghost was to appear
on a white horse.
AS was the custom, the two girls
went next morning to take the COWS
to pasture, and, as they approached
the gate leading into the field, Julia
pointed out the ghost approaching on
a white horse.
Ella could not see the spirit, but
saw her sister approach and shake
hands in pantomime and could heal
the words of the two in conversation
She asked questions and received an
swers, but could see nothing. r!
nally the spirit, ghost or whatever II
was, bid them an affectionate farewell
said she could visit them no more
and faded away.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-11-12
LINED WITH CORK.
Baptism Under Great DimcuIt

Baptism Under Great Dificul ties.
A party of Deep Water Baptists
held service off the Canadian river
bank, opposite the head OF Grand
Island, last Sunday, says the Boston
Courier. There were some ten or a
dozen converts, mostly women. One
of these was afraid of drowning, and
she had her suit lined with cork from
head to heels, but she didn't say any
thing about it. The service proceeded
without hitch, and it came Sister
Jones turn to be immersed. The
minister waded out into the stream,
leading the sister by the hand and re-
peating the ritual. When they got
waist deep Sister Jones had much
difficulty in keeping her feet on the
bottom, and the deeper she waded the
more this trouble increased, but she
didn't want to say anything.
All at once, however, the current
took her off her feet and threw her
lengthwise on the surface OF the
water. The minister grabbed her and
tried to pull her under the water. The
current was every instant dragging
her out. The minister clutched fran
tically at the fair convert, who was
herself struggling to assume an up
right position, but without success.
The minister felt himself getting out Of
his depth, and screamed for help, but
no one offered to come out; the cur
rent was very swift. The minister
looked around and saw that he was
rapidly slipping down the river; he
couldn't touch bottom. With a super
human effort he swung himself on his
fair raft and wildly hourished his arms
to the people on the shore, who were
now fading into mere specks.
"This is horrible" said the minis
ter, looking on the waste of waters
Gin three hours we'll be over the falls
Sister Jones let us sing something in
this trying hour"
Sister Jones, who had been emitting
shrieks like a steam caliope, only
shrieked the louder, and the minister
struck up in rich, tremulous tenor
Rescue the Perishing." He had
hardly finished the first stanza when q
steam yacht bore down on them, ir
response to the gestures OF the minis
ter, and in fifteen minutes they were
resued in an exhausted condition.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-11-12
A BOwERY MUSEUM.
The GuilelesS Song Which the Ora.
tOr Sings TO u Gullible Public.


Walk up, ladies and gentlemen,
and pass inside. Everything in plain
sight and as represented. Two
nlckels or ten cents admits to all, and
no extra charge for the beautiful
symphonies OF Mozart, played upon a
calliope by royal dude, from Dude
vile, Dude county. New Jersey.
In this elegant museum are con-
gregated not only the seven wonders
OF the world, but 1900 other freaks
too numerous to mention, and enough
to set you crazy, and whose rare and
varied attractions have not only par
alyzed the crowned heads of Europe,
but have caused some OF them to get
up before daylight and foot it nine
miles in rainstorm in order not to
miss the show.
Here we have the Rocky Mountain
Sardanapalus, the sacred horned toad
OF Texas and the tabooed-I mean
tattoOd-wOman with her back hair
done up in gill net. Here we have
the Bedouin chiefs from Bagdad, lust
as they appear on the sandy plains OF
Sahara, eating prickly pears and drink
ing mares milk; the Patagonian
giant who is nine feet high, and talks
Pennsylvania Dutch in his stocking
feet; the bearded lady and the
freckled-face farmer Of the Long
Islands flats, the black boy turning
white and the white boy turning black.
I'll be honest with you about this
curious freak of nature, ladies and
gentlemen, for the fact Of the whole
transaction it, is just this way: When
he is in one end of the room he is the
black boy turning white, and when we
tote him to the other end he is the
white boy turning black. We are
honest about this, because just now
the boy is on the standstill, and don't
known exactly what kind of a shoot
he will take, but you will find that he
is splendid dapple boy.
"Here we have the humpback
buzzard OF the Ganges; the wild man
of Chicago, captured after long and
fearful struggle, in which they sand
bagged nineteen Of the ships crew
and picked the captains pocket !;
birds of beautiful plumes and ap-
petites like hired man; artless apes,
and man with the iron jaw who eats a
hotel beafsteak every Is minutes to
prove his marvellous power. All of
which, and hundreds of thousands of
other attractions are now open to in
spection for the ridiculous sum of one
lonesome dime. Children under 10
years, so cents a bunch. Walk in,
ladies and gentlemen, walk in"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-11-12
Rufren Rhodes Fight with a Whole
Posse Of Armed Policemen.
So. Louis Globe-Democrat.


The most successful man hunt of the
year was completed recently, when a
party Of Twiggs county farmers, armed
with pistols and shotguns, brought in
a huge negro, whom they had securely
chained to a wagon. The mans name
was Ruffen Rhodes. Early one morn
ing Policeman jeff Johnson and Ans
Matthews were walking down Bridge
Row, when they found burly negro
asleep on the sidewalk below Nc
Crudden's bar. Officer Johnson
touched him with his club and awoke
him.
Where do you live ?" he was
asked.
"On Cherry street, in two-story
house, near the river" answered the
negro; q;
street near the river"
"Well, l live in some of them
houses down there" replied the negro
insultingly.
Calling to a negro barkeeper, John
son asked if he knew him, and the
barkeeper replied in the negative.
Johnson then told Matthews that he
guessed they had better run him in.
Matthews started to put his chain
around the negro's wrist, when the
latter jerked away and sprang at John
son like tiger. The officer staggered
backward and fell, the negro on top
of him, making desperate effort to
wrench his club from his grasp. John
son is small man, and the negro was
a regular double-jointer, and, although
Matthews began clubbing him with all
his might, the ruffian wrenched the
club from Johnsons hand, dealt him
a stunning blow across the face, struck
back at Matthews and hit him hard
blow between the eyes.
Shoot him, Matthew'S" cried
johnson, and five pistol shots rang
out in quick succession, then two
more, and the negro went running up
the street covered with blood, and the
officers staggered blindly after him.
A large posse started in pursuit OF
him. Bailiffs Jones and Hodnett and
Merritt Birdson captured the negro
about fifteen miles below here in the
edge of Twiggs county. They brought
him to Mr.. Adkins and stopped for
dinner, and while waiting they tied
him to a tree, but suddenly he broke
loose and made a dash for liberty.
The posse followed and fired seven
shots at the fleeing prisoner, some Of
which struck him, but he reached a
swamp and plunged into it, leav-
ing bloody trail. He had been
wounded in the right hip by Officer
Matthews in the fight, but in spite Of
all the posse lost sight Of him.
They then got hounds, and the
three policemen, Matthews, Brown
and Bonner, drove the swamp until a
late hour in the afternoon. By this
time about twenty Twiggs county
farmers had joined in the hunt, which
was given up by the officers. The
negro ran not less than ten miles
when, it being almost dark, he rushed
into the house of Mr.. Herring
bounded past the family to the up
stairs and into the attic, where he de
fled arrest. A dozen shots were free
into the retreat without effect. The
party then began to tear away the
timber upon which the fugitive rested
Suddenly there was a crash, anc
Rhodes fell through, spreading con
sternation among the farmers. They
closed on him, but not until he hat
kicked down half dozen did they
subdue him.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-11-12
THE OLD MILL.

Htre from the brow of The hill look,
Through lattice of boughs and leaves,
On the old gray mill with Its gambrel roof,
And the moss on its rotting leaves.
hear the clatter that jars the walls,
And the rushing waters sound;
And see the black floats rise and fall
As the wheel goes slowly round.
rode there often when was young,
with my grist on the horse before,
And talked with Nellie, the miller's girl,
AsI waited my turn at the door.
And while she tossed her ringlets brown,
And fired and chatted so free,
The wheel might stop or the wheel might 60
It was all the same to me.
Ills twenty years since last stood
On the spot where stand to day.
And Nellie is wed and the miller is dead,
And the mill and are gray.
But both. till we fall into ruin and wreck,
To our fortune of toll are bound,
And the man goes and the stream flows,
And the wheel moves slowly round.
Boston Beacon.